Feb's CARE Team Volunteer Opps

Traveling Food Circus
Mondays, Feb 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th
Join us for our weekly food distribution at Cabrini. We'll sort through our Trader Joe's food donation, bag up the good stuff and hand it out to residents. This is a good one.
Cabrini Service Connector
1230 N. Larrabee
1-3pm


Puppetry! (Session 4 of 4)
Tuesday, February 5th

The moment we've all been waiting for - our puppeteers at the Logan Square Boys & Girls Club have worked tirelessly during the past few months to create puppets and stories to match. We need you to help with the performance, including participating in the puppet show and encouraging the kids.

Logan Square Boys & Girls Club
3228 W. Palmer Ave.
5-7pm


Kids' News
Wednesdays, Feb 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th

Help us create a newscast by kids! We're working with kids to write and videotape news pieces as if they were real reporters and anchors. The kids practice their writing and speaking, and you get to help out.
826Chi
1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
4-5:15pm


(g)love 11
Saturday, February 9th

Join us for our last (g)love of the season. We'll make CarePacks - bags filled with a pair of gloves, a hat, socks and some food. Then we'll walk around town and pass out CarePacks to those in need. You've distributed almost 500 CarePacks this season!

Church of the Ascension
1133 N. LaSalle Dr.
10am-1pm


Getting a Job with a History
Saturday, February 23rd

This is for folks out there who are finding it difficult to get jobs partially due to criminal backgrounds. Can your record be expunged? Sealed? How do you approach a job interview? Come listen to our guest speakers and discuss these issues with patrons of the Center.

Inspiration Café's Engagement Center
4715 N. Sheridan Rd.
10am-12pm
If you need driving directions to any of these events, please try www.mapquest.com. For public transportation, try www.yourcta.com. If you need a ride, please select "Need Transportation" when you sign up.

January CARE Team Volunteer Opportunties

... a little late but still kickin'!

Mock Job Interviews
Saturday, January 19th
Last time we were at Inspiration Cafe's Engagement Center, volunteers noticed that people were having a tough time finding jobs. Helpful as we are, we've decided to bring in a professional headhunter to give some pointers. But wait! We need you to practice interviewing skills with people.

Inspiration Cafe's Engagement Center

4715 N. Sheridan10am-12pm


Dignity Idol 3
Tuesday, January 15th
The holidays are over and it's still cold outside. You could sled down your front stairs, binge on hot chocolate, or join us for another talent-laden Dignity Idol. Better yet, amuse yourself while amusing fellow volunteers and Diner patrons alike: Share a talent. Sing, display your artwork, play the harmonica - whatever you like. To display a talent, simply email Jessica at jessica@mgrf.org.

Holy Covenant United Methodist Church

925 W. Diversey6:30-8:30pm

If you need a ride, please select "Need Transportation" when you sign up.

Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health & Development Conference

Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow

April 12-13, 2008

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, and Dr. Allan Rosenfield Plus More Than 180 Featured Speakers

Register For Conference - EARLY BIRD RATE ( $75 students, $100 all others)

REGISTER NOW TO SECURE LOWEST RATE. RATE INCREASES AFTER JANUARY 31st

Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, nonprofits, eye care, philanthropy, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, economics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, environmental health, service-learning, medical education, and public service.

Keynote Addresses
"Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Advisor For Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center

"Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health," Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD,Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organization

"Issues in Global Women's Health," Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

"Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet," Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

"Millennium Village Project", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs,, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages

For more information and registration: http://www.unitefor sight.org/ conference/ 2008